Bill Utlaut, Vice President, Standards
Bill Utlaut is Vice President of Standards and as such has responsibility for the Standards Department which has the purpose of assisting the President and CEO develop and carry out strategic plans for advancing CableLabs technical specifications to become domestic, ANSI, or international, ITU, standards that help the Cable industry attain economic benefits of global competition in the market place. The Department also aids technical projects to produce and archive final specification products which incorporate engineering changes approved by the projects.
Prior to coming to CableLabs, Dr. Utlaut was an Associate Administrator of the US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Agency in which he also served as the Director of the Institute for Telecommunications Science, the research and engineering part of NTIA, located in Boulder, CO. There he carried out research on radio propagation and telecommunication networks and participated in international standards and trade activities. Earlier he served on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado to which he came after working at the General Electric Company in Schenectady, NY.
Bill is a native of Colorado (Sterling) and received his three degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado.
Prior to coming to CableLabs, Dr. Utlaut was an Associate Administrator of the US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Agency in which he also served as the Director of the Institute for Telecommunications Science, the research and engineering part of NTIA, located in Boulder, CO. There he carried out research on radio propagation and telecommunication networks and participated in international standards and trade activities. Earlier he served on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado to which he came after working at the General Electric Company in Schenectady, NY.
Bill is a native of Colorado (Sterling) and received his three degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, is a Fellow of the IEEE, and a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado.